Episodes

What can we learn about the state of entertainment when we look through the Olympics Stroboscope? This week, Jess and Joey talk about the The Rottening, Summer Olympics, streaming platforms, culture wars, sports bodies, and shared viewership experiences. They don’t talk about artistic swimming. references Stroboscopes Metric Fucktonne Adriana Ruano Stephen Nedoroscik What are Phryges? Everything to know about the Paris 2024 mascot

How does one engage in a generational war? This week, Joey and Aaron talk about Millenials, marketing demographics, being an afterthought, the policing of cool, Sambas, and othering to in yourself. They don’t talk about Billy Idol. Or Les Gilbert. references Sambas Control System Shock

How do we decide what feelings matter? This week, Jess and Joey talk about Inside Out 2, compound emotions, cognitive development, sonder, motivations, and sandwiches. They don’t talk about Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam. references Subscribe to our Progress Report newsletter progressbysylvain.co Inside Out 2 The 6 Types of Basic Emotions and Their Effect on Human Behavior Compound facial expressions of emotion: from basic research to clinical applications Time: The Real Science Behind the Animated E...

How should we be arguing? This week, Joey and Jess talk about argument realms, Theranos, Steve Jobs, facts vs. feelings, and band names. They don’t talk about Monarch of a Great Kingdom. references Tea etymology Why Are We Yelling? by Buster Benson PEMDAS

This week, Joey, Aaron, and Jess talk about the Boston Celtics, Jayson Tatum, Nikola Jokić, celebrity, debates, and Caitlin Clark. They don’t talk about Simone Biles' 10,000 crystals. references Celtic Football Club (pronounced with a soft 'C') Boston Celtics name origin Jab Like Jayson Tatum Hollywood Reporter: What Tina Fey Told Bowen Yang About Expressing Opinions Publicly What Got You Here Won't Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith (summarized nicely here) mesophyte Red Panda Andscape: Th...

How do we predict the future? This week, Joey and Jess talk about polling, phone phobia, targeted advertising, e-mail compartmentalization, stacking ambiguity, and Airheads. They don’t talk about nomophobia. references Adam Duritz Irish Times: Why younger people don’t make phone calls

This week, a takeover! Aaron shares his latest edition from SYLVAIN’s Progress Report newsletter: Automating Our Instincts: How AI Can Be Embraced Rather Than Feared By Creatives. For more from SYLVAIN's Progress Report, see progressbysylvain.co.

How do y'all deal with your digital poltergeists? This week, Aaron, Joey, and Jess talk about search results, the endless repository of stuff, digital cleanup, emails, collateral distraction, and friendly ghosts. They don’t talk about warlocks. references Dinosaurs eating Joey Toe beans and the art of reading them poltergeist They're here! Woah, my love, my darling ... Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville "Don't Know Much" Teenybopper Manwich

How do we age right? This week, Joey, Aaron, and Jess talk about aching, supplements, cognitive decline, Tom Brady, LeBron James, and the future. They don’t talk about Alphaville. references L.A. Times: "Talking 'Men of a Certain Age' with Ray Romano, Scott Bakula and Andre Braugher" Radiolab Podcast: The Secret to a Long Life John Meyer's "Why Georgia?" The 5 Regrets Of The Dying: Life Lessons Everybody Learns Too Late... New York Magazine: "The 12 Best Nice-Looking Pill Cases" System Shock

What types of folk knowledge or rules of thumb do you live by? This week, Joey and Jess talk about cheating at science fairs, sleep, the rule of threes, tenets, the How I Met Your Mother pause, and concavity. They don’t talk about what Werner Herzog's thumb tastes like. references Chris Brunet's X thread on the ISEF cheating scandal Jean Yang's life lessons Pause The Idea of You (and Maybe Not Harry Styles)

Why don't we have more public art? This week, Joey and Jess talk about toy poodles, graffiti, sidewalk chalk, murals, face painting, and sandals. They don’t talk about ESPO. references Tom Otterness' Life Underground sculptures The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon Street art by David Zinn Mural Arts Philadelphia 5Pointz

How does one deal with being an acquired taste? This week, Aaron and Joey talk about stinky fish, mole vs. mayonanaise, blue cheese, safe spaces, leadership, and sandwich lubricants. They don’t talk about surströmming. references Holiday in Spain Did they ruin it for you? (Yeah | No) Thelma and Louise Stinky Fish activity rumspringa Aaron: We need antiheroes in the boardroom to spark progress in the workplace Spread your wings and fly, Butterfly Call Your Girlfriend

How are we using bowls? This week, Jess and Joey talk about diversification of delivery methods, quick-serve restaurants, slushies, mush, ratios, and salads. They don’t talk about Prince. references Fascinator "Frozen in the Face of Tech": Joey @ Web Summit Rio 2024 Ramekin

How has neighborliness changed in the past five years? This week, Aaron and Jess talk about lost dogs, trash pandas, the pandemic, masking, isolation, and marble runs. They don’t talk about the McFeelys or Cousin Mary Owl. references Aaron keeps your head ringing while The Sequence funks you up. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids "Frozen in the Face of Tech": Joey @ Web Summit Rio 2024 Petco's Love Lost pet finder 7 Signs of Undiagnosed Autism in Adults Jelle's Marble Runs The Lemonade Machine

Why should we be concerned wth generationally slow timebombs? This week, Joey and Jess talk about trees, the Bradford pear, city planning, Barcelona, pilot programs, and the candy bowl theory. They don’t talk about Cameo. references @jjvincent on the tree timebomb in the UK. The Guardian: Hidden giants: how the UK’s 500,000 redwoods put California in the shade The New York Times from 1964: BRADFORD PEAR HAS MANY ASSETS; New Ornamental Fruit Offers Sturdy Form And Early Bloom The New York Tim...

What does this "trend-mill" mean, what does it say about us as people, and how bad is it, really? This week, special guests Claire and Chloe join Jess and Joey to talk about the mob-wife aesthetic, accessibility, TikTok, blueberry milk nails, social networks vs. social media, and Trader Joe's totes. They don’t talk about why the combination of peanut butter and jelly is a gotdamn abomination. references Vogue: Blueberry Milk Nails Are Summer’s Most-Wanted Manicure Zaria Parvez: How the Commen...

What happens if we're all deathly affraid of the cringe? This week, Jess, Joey, and Aaron talk about pain, yips, shame, fremdschämen, the Apple Vision Pro, and Michael Jordan. They don’t talk about Gracious K. references Skanking Revisiting Critical Nonsense 253! Teaching Agency and the Scandinavian Swimmers Fremdschämen The actual King of Belgium

Why is cheating in some places treated differently than cheating in other places? This week, Joey, Aaron, and Jess talk about fairness, tribalism, insider trading, meritocracy, winning, and wallpaper. They don’t talk about Pete Shelley. references Veridis Quo USA Today: Who is Shohei Ohtani and what is his connection to the gambling scandal that's rocked baseball? ESPN: NBA eyes Raptors' Jontay Porter for betting issues The Meritocracy Myth by Stephen J. McNamee Jayson Tatum Aaron's Interior...

This week, a takeover! Joey shares his latest edition from SYLVAIN’s Progress Report newsletter: Awaiting the Eruption: Innovation Strategies for a Post-ZIRP Era. For more from SYLVAIN's Progress Report, see progressbysylvain.co.

Why are we always searching for the right answer? This week, Jess and Joey talk about gray spaces, equifinality, value judgments, hiring, multifinality, and quantum physics. They don’t talk about the Alignment Theory. references Joey's nerd piece: Progress Report: The State Of...Awaiting the Eruption equifinality multifinality the secretary problem The New York Times: ‘I’m Sick of Seeing My Face,’ Says the Internet’s Kombucha Connoisseur

What are the rules about crying in public? This week, Jess and Joey talk about benchmarking emotions, psychic tears, showing your belly, laughter yoga, pickled sadness, and ... farts. They don’t talk about Mary. references When Joeys cry Lacrymatory Kristen Bell's Sloth Meltdown National Library of Medicine: "The social impact of emotional tears" The Swaddle: Psychic Tears and the Science of Crying Laughter yoga

How do we survive dopamine culture? This week, Aaron, Joey and Jess talk about neurotransmitters, The Good Place, Sheryl Crowe, Wall-E, Type 2 fun, and the mortal sins. They don't talk about the important nuance of the many antihistamines for all you allergic people out there. references Cleveland Clinic: On Neurotransmitters Inc: "Why Your Brain Prioritizes Instant Gratification Over Long-Term Goals, According to Science" The Honest Broker Substack: "The State of the Culture 2024" where you'...

What's our responsibility to teach agency for the next generation of workers? This week, Joey and Jess talk about Scandinavian Swimmers, in-flight wifi, lawnmower parenting, consent, waffles and ice cream, and pipe cleaners. They don’t talk about ABBA. references Scandinavian Swimmers

Is it better to be a nerd with your analogies and attempt to be right, or is it better just to be relatable? This week, Joey and Jess talk about Mister Rogers and his (boring) neighborhood, The Big Bang Theory, nerds, the Baader–Meinhof phenomenon, linking things, and the Ig Noble Awards. They don’t talk about Lewis Skolnick or Gilbert Lowe. references "Stop trying to make 'fetch' happen!" Baader–Meinhof phenomenon concatenate Also, CONCAT(ENATE) The Ig Nobel Prize: Celebrating Science with H...